M4 Specs?

[davidd]

I've just been sent the following, I have a feeling I have seen it before and it is rubbish but I'm not sure, can anyone shed any light?

The info below was sent by a pal who lives in Bracknell

Just in case anyone is planning to travel on M4....

Those new electronic signs on the M4 were switched on this
Tuesday. The bad news is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed
cameras.

SPECS is a computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a
digital camera reads your number plate. When you go past the next
sign your number plate is read again. The computer 'knows' how far
apart the signs are so it can work out your average speed between
the two, or three or four.

The system is fully automatic and will issue a ticket without any
form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle that
passes. You will not know you've been caught as the cameras don't
flash.

They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's
absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that the system can issue. The
whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury
Services (between 14 and 15) is wired, both ways. The system is
set to trigger a ticket at 78 mph. Radar detectors will be of no
use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no radar or laser beam
to detect.

[pmanson]

Its a hoax.

[davidd]

pmanson said:

Its a hoax.

I had a feeling it was, can you point to any evidence of this (I need to tell the person who sent me and it is unlikely he will believe me).

Ta

D.

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